Hudson

New York river

Hudson is primarily a proper name—a surname and given name for boys.

Its most prominent reference is the Hudson River, which flows through eastern New York State past Manhattan.

Hudson Bay is the large inland sea in northern Canada.

The name appears in place names and institutions throughout the northeastern United States: the Hudson Valley, Hudson County.

As a given name, Hudson has risen in popularity since the early 2000s.

river

estuary

Tidal mixing zone

Manhattan · Albany · Catskills · freshwater · saltwater · channel · flow · watershed · confluence · navigation

colonial

New Amsterdam

Dutch colonial settlement on Manhattan

17th century · settlers · colony · British rule · heritage · landmark · historic

exploration

discovery

Act of finding something

navigator · Dutch East India Company · charted · seafaring · explorer · mapping · uncharted · New World

ecology

marshes

Waterlogged land with grasses

flora · fauna · habitat · conservation · endangered · species · environmental · sustainability · riparian · sediment

automotive

Commodore

Defunct home computer manufacturer

  • NASCARStock car sanctioning body
  • coupeTwo-door fixed-roof car
  • sedanEnclosed passenger car

vintage · Detroit · classic car · collector · restoration

Categories
Opposites
NYC waterways/geography

HudsonEast River

NYC tidal strait

Long Island Sound · Brooklyn · Queens · New York Harbor · Atlantic Ocean

water vs. non-water terrain

Hudsonland

Earth's solid surface

dry land · terra firma · shore · mainland · sky

major us rivers by character

HudsonMississippi

Southern state or major river

Rio Grande · Colorado River · Missouri River · Columbia River

Phrases
Family

Henry Hudson, Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson's Bay Company

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G